Connexin 43 confers chemoresistance through activating PI3K

KJ Pridham, F Shah, KR Hutchings, KL Sheng, S Guo… - Oncogenesis, 2022 - nature.com
… Cx43 confers resistance to TMZ by activating PI3K Next, we explored how Cx43 confers
αCT1 inactivates PI3K [21], leading us to hypothesize that Cx43 activates PI3K to induce TMZ …

Connexin 43 inhibition sensitizes chemoresistant glioblastoma cells to temozolomide

SF Murphy, RT Varghese, S Lamouille, S Guo… - Cancer research, 2016 - AACR
… Glutamate exhibits its progrowth activity through activating the downstream signaling
pathways such as PI3K or MAPK, both of which have been implicated in GBM pathogenesis (28). …

Connexin 43 Prevents Radiation-Induced Intestinal Damage via the Ca2+-Dependent PI3K/Akt Signaling Pathway

Y Zhu, J Dai, B Song, Y Zhang, T Yang… - Radiation …, 2024 - meridian.allenpress.com
… Surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy are the main treatment options for cancer (1–3 ).
In … This indicates that silencing of Cx43 after irradiation activates the PI3K/AKT pathway. …

[HTML][HTML] Cx43 deficiency confers EMT-mediated tamoxifen resistance to breast cancer via c-Src/PI3K/Akt pathway

DP Wu, Y Zhou, LX Hou, XX Zhu, W Yi… - … Journal of Biological …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… EMT by elevating connexin (Cx) 43 expression could reverse … , via its SH3-binding domain.
c-Src has been reported to play vital roles in EMT, chemotherapy resistance and activate PI3K

Connexin 32 affects doxorubicin resistance in hepatocellular carcinoma cells mediated by Src/FAK signaling pathway

M Yu, Q Zou, X Wu, G Han, X Tong - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2017 - Elsevier
Connexin 43 enhances paclitaxel cytotoxicity in colorectal … the regulation of the cytotoxicity
of chemotherapy agents, because, … The present study demonstrated that the PI3K/Akt pathway …

Emerging roles of gap junction proteins connexins in cancer metastasis, chemoresistance and clinical application

JI Wu, LH Wang - Journal of biomedical science, 2019 - Springer
… of connexins in that expression levels and membrane localization of connexins, including
Connexin 43 (… growth, EMT and cancer cell invasion via activating PI3K/Akt pathway (Fig. 3). …

Connexin 43 modulates the cellular resistance to paclitaxel via targeting β-tubulin in triple-negative breast cancer

Y Fu, X Sun, Z Gu, Z Zhuang - OncoTargets and therapy, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
… and employed the Connexin 43 (… chemotherapy response in cancer such as glioblastoma
cells. Citation14,Citation15 It remains unclear that connexin could attenuate the chemotherapy

Reciprocal positive regulation between Cx26 and PI3K/Akt pathway confers acquired gefitinib resistance in NSCLC cells via GJIC-independent induction of EMT

J Yang, G Qin, M Luo, J Chen, Q Zhang, L Li… - Cell death & …, 2015 - nature.com
… there exists a reciprocal activation between Cx26 and PI3K/Akt … in the development of
cancer chemoresistance, our results reveal a … Enhanced effect of connexin 43 on cisplatin-induced …

Novel approach to temozolomide resistance in malignant glioma: connexin43-directed therapeutics

CL Grek, Z Sheng, CC Naus, WC Sin… - Current opinion in …, 2018 - Elsevier
… Cx43 is capable of conferring chemotherapeutic resistance to … tumor resection, combinatorial
chemotherapy using TMZ is a … These data suggest a possible role for the PI3K/AKT/mTOR …

Understanding the Role of Connexins in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Molecular and Prognostic Implications

SP Papadakos, E Chatzikalil, K Arvanitakis… - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
… as the chemosensitivity and radiosensitivity of … activation [47]. Interestingly, c-Src regulation
of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) via the PI3K/Akt pathway may regulate connexin